Afghanistan Earthquake Emergency Appeal
*Afghanistan Earthquake Emergency Relief*
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 1000 people and left over 1500 injured in Afghanistan. The earthquake was magnitude 6.1 and at a depth of 51km. The quake struck about 44km (27 miles) from the south-eastern province of Khost, Paktika and Paktia shortly after 01:30 local time (21:00 Tuesday GMT), when many people were at home, asleep in their beds.
Tremors were felt across more than 500km of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Witnesses reported feeling the quake in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, as well as Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
Afghanistan is prone to quakes, as it's located in a tectonically active region, over a number of fault lines including the Chaman fault, the Hari Rud fault, the Central Badakhshan fault and the Darvaz fault. In the past 10 years, more than 7,000 people have been killed in earthquakes in the country, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports.
Amongst those who are affected are children, widows, elderly and disabled. Hospitals have also been destroyed and medical assistance is scarce.
The Human Relief Mission team are doing an immediate response to this emergency providing hot meals, food packs, home essential and free medical camps
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A powerful earthquake has killed at least 1000 people and left over 1500 injured in Afghanistan. The earthquake was magnitude 6.1 and at a depth of 51km. The quake struck about 44km (27 miles) from the south-eastern province of Khost, Paktika and Paktia shortly after 01:30 local time (21:00 Tuesday GMT), when many people were at home, asleep in their beds.
Tremors were felt across more than 500km of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Witnesses reported feeling the quake in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, as well as Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
Afghanistan is prone to quakes, as it's located in a tectonically active region, over a number of fault lines including the Chaman fault, the Hari Rud fault, the Central Badakhshan fault and the Darvaz fault. In the past 10 years, more than 7,000 people have been killed in earthquakes in the country, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports.
Amongst those who are affected are children, widows, elderly and disabled. Hospitals have also been destroyed and medical assistance is scarce.
The Human Relief Mission team are doing an immediate response to this emergency providing hot meals, food packs, home essential and free medical camps
Facebook.com/AMWOafghanistan
Organizer
Kashif Rehman
Organizer
England
Human Relief Mission
Beneficiary